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  • When you lie to yourself you become two people: a liar for lying and a fool for believing it.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • You are what you tolerate. Of that which you tolerate, you will have an abundance.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Honor is something all men are born with. It cannot be given nor taken. Only lost.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Do not do things that you know are morally wrong, not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation you have with yourself. You will always know.

    — Naval RavikantCharacter, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Integrity, intelligence, energy. Hire for all three, but without the first, the other two will destroy you.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Ego is false confidence. Self-respect is true confidence.

    — Naval RavikantCharacter, Virtue, and Integrity

  • The nearer a man approaches perfection, the clearer are his views and the greater his enjoyments, until he has overcome the evils of his life and lost every desire for sin.

    — Joseph SmithCharacter, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Any excuse, no matter how valid the reason, only weakens the person giving it.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Women put makeup on their faces. Men put makeup on their accomplishments.

    — Alex HormoziCharacter, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.

    — Walter CronkiteCharacter, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Skill is knowing how to do it. Virtue is doing it.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • He who only seeks silver will never be full.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • You teach who you are. If you cannot find yourself in a lesson, you will not accomplish the mission.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • You are the five stories you tell yourself the most, the five thoughts you think the most, the five beliefs you hold the most, the five actions you do the most, and the five habits you live the most.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • I do not judge people by the scriptures of their faith or the scars from their past. I embrace them by the content of their hearts.

    — DodinskyCharacter, Virtue, and Integrity

  • The path of least resistance is rarely the path of wisdom.

    Character, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Guilt is to our spirit what pain is to our body: a warning of danger.

    — David A. BednarCharacter, Virtue, and Integrity

  • Happiness equals reality minus expectations.

    Happiness and Peace of Mind

  • Trade your expectations for appreciation and you change any situation.

    Happiness and Peace of Mind

  • The most important trick to being happy is to realize happiness is a choice you make and a skill you develop. You choose to be happy, then you work at it, just like building muscle.

    — Naval RavikantHappiness and Peace of Mind

  • A happy person is not someone who is happy all the time. It is someone who effortlessly interprets events in a way that they do not lose their innate peace.

    — Naval RavikantHappiness and Peace of Mind

  • The only thing that will make you happy is choosing to be happy.

    — Naval RavikantHappiness and Peace of Mind

  • No amount of money is ever worth trading for your peace of mind.

    Happiness and Peace of Mind

  • Peace of mind comes from peace from the mind. Slow your thoughts down.

    Happiness and Peace of Mind

  • All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

    — Blaise PascalHappiness and Peace of Mind